Student Doctor of the Month

Emalea Deschamps is this month’s CAOS Student Doctor of the Month! Emalea is a third-year student, serving as last year’s president of AZCOPT’s CAOS Chapter. She did a wonderful job at keeping everything organized and fun! She was responsible for

Samantha Wong is a fourth year optometry student at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). She was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Markham, Ontario. Samantha completed her Honours Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto, double majoring

Tara Mahvelati is a fourth-year student at the State University of New York College of Optometry (SUNY). Originally from Montreal, QC, she completed her undergraduate degree at Concordia University in BSc in Biology. While completing her MSc in Immunology at

Jennifer Chan is a fourth-year student studying at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta and completed her BSc in Biology and Nutrition at the University of Alberta. During her undergraduate education,

Joanne Qiao is a second-year optometry student at the University of Waterloo who has set her sights on improving the way drugs are tested on eyes. Joanne began her university experience in Hamilton where she pursued a bachelors

Alexandra Fortier is a fourth-year Optometry student at the University of Montreal’s School of Optometry. Born and raised in Quebec City, Alex moved to Montreal from her hometown after completing a bachelor’s degree in business administration. From the beginning of

Jane Yang is a fourth year MS/OD student at NECO and currently doing her rotations in WenZhou, China. She grew up in Markham, Ontario and completed her Bachelors of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Toronto in 2015.

Shaminder Dhaliwal is a fourth year student studying at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). He was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB graduating from high school in 2011. He then continued his education completing his BSc degree split between

Rahul Joshi is from Pickering, Ontario. He completed his undergraduate coop program at the University of Toronto in Cellular and Molecular Biology and he is currently a 4th year intern at the University of Waterloo. Rahul has been greatly involved

Kevin Drew is a native of Lethbridge, Alberta, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. He is a fourth-year student at Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry in California. Currently, he is